The Smiths Are Never Ever Getting Back Together

"The Smiths are never, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever going to reunite – ever," Morrissey's publicist has told Rolling Stone, effectively squashing the dreams of sad kids who grew up and turned out fine everywhere. But there's never a bad time for a good cry, so that muffled whimpering you hear in the distance is the all-too-familiar sound of Smiths fans' tears seeping into their pillows. In case you were counting that's five more "evers" than the line from that Taylor Swift song you can't get out of your head, but it seems like Morrissey's publicist really wanted to make clear that the rumors of the band getting together for the Coachella music festival are false. The latest of that set of rumors popped up to the gossip site Holy Moly yesterday, but it looks like a Herald Sun interview with Morrissey from September 27, is what got the ball rolling:

... interestingly the agents for Coachella offered a 100-percent vegetarian event for the following year if I would agree to headline with Johnny Marr as the Smiths. Fascinatingly they made it clear that they would 'not require' the Smiths' bass player or drummer ... which I thought certainly said something.